True initiation is a response to an inner calling; it requires that you face personal challenges heroically and experience a genuine rebirth… — Alberto Villoldo Copy Share Image
“One of the biggest dangers on the left-hand path, according to Zeena, is that the initiate often adheres to the need of… — Zeena Schreck Copy Share Image
Deep, unspeakable suffering may well be called a baptism, a regeneration, the initiation into a new state. — Ira Gershwin Copy Share Image
By characterizing the use of illegal drugs as quasi-legal, state-sanctioned, Saturday afternoon fun, legalizers destabilize the societal norm that drug use is… — Andrea Barthwell Copy Share Image
The only initiation which I advocate and which I look for with all the ardor of my Soul, is that by which… — Louis Claude de Saint-Martin Copy Share Image
“As we said before, initiation lies at the core of any genuine human life. And this is true for two reasons. The… — Mircea Eliade Copy Share Image
As artists and traders in medieval cities began to form organizations, they instituted tough initiation ceremonies. Journeymen in Bergen, Norway, were shoved… — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
I think that the more people go through their own personal initiations, the less collective destruction may be unleashed on the planet. — Daniel Pinchbeck Copy Share Image
“Geno told them why I was there, and they all came down off the truck and looked me over — I guess… — Drexel Deal Copy Share Image
“The role of SatGuru works through the Uttama acharya Sthiti (Superior Teacher position) by giving inspiration, talks, knowledge and practices and walks… — Maitreya Rudrabhayananda Copy Share Image
The most important element of a free society, where individual rights are held in the highest esteem, is the rejection of the… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
My upbringing was very un-Hollywood. I was born in New York and grew up on a ranch. I was never really smitten… — Stephanie Zimbalist Copy Share Image
...this initiation ceremony, known as 'signing the Official Secrets Act', has no legal force; everyone is bound by the Act whether they… — Clive Ponting Copy Share Image
What is the meaning of Initiation? It is the Path to the realisation of your Self as the sole, the supreme, the… — Aleister Crowley Copy Share Image
The longing for initiation is universal and for modern youth, it is a desperate need. When nothing is offered in the way… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
Beyond a certain point, the whole universe becomes a continuous process of initiation. — Robert Anton Wilson Copy Share Image
Love can be a huge mountain, a gentle garden, a raging storm, a cool breeze, or a perfect bath. But there is… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
He who has followed the path of love's initiation in the proper order will on arriving at the end suddenly perceive a… — Plato Copy Share Image
The spirituality of the earth is an invitation to initiation, to the death of what we have been and the birth of… — David Spangler Copy Share Image
There are recurring elements in popularized fairy tales, such as absent parents, some sort of struggle, a transformation, and a marriage. If… — Kate Bernheimer Copy Share Image
Education was not merely a means for earning a living or an instrument for the acquisition of wealth. It was an initiation… — Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit Copy Share Image
There is no question, therefore, that the work to be done in familiarising the general public with the nature of the Mysteries… — Alice Bailey Copy Share Image
The Masonic movement... is the custodian of the law; it is the home of the Mysteries and the seat of initiation. It… — Alice Bailey Copy Share Image
Tinitiations ritual or astral voyage that is imbedded in the occult traditions of every culture."65 Thus, "the structure of abduction stories is… — Jacques Vallee Copy Share Image
